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Principles and practice: Technologies
The principles and practice document is essential reading for teachers as they begin, and then develop, their work with the statements of experiences and outcomes. It sets out the purposes of learning within the curriculum area, describes how the experiences are organised, and offers guidance on aspects such as learning and teaching, broad features of assessment, progression and connections with other areas of the curriculum.
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- What does learning in the technologies enable children and young people to do?
- What are the main purposes of learning in the technologies?
- How are the technologies experiences and outcomes organised?
- What skills are developed in the technologies?
- What learning and teaching approaches are useful in the technologies?
- What does ICT mean within this framework?
- How can ICT enhance learning and teaching?
- What is the difference between computing and ICT?
- What is the significance of the italicised experiences and outcomes in ICT?
- What are broad features of assessment in technologies?
- How can I make connections within and beyond the technologies?